T N Avro York

Progress has been slow lately as I have had to work quite a bit of overtime. I work in the fruit supply industry as a maintenance engineer and orders have rocketed, plus more than half the engineering staff are self isolating so we are reduced to one of us on each shift!

Still some progress is happening, here is the first fin drilled. And hinges test fitted.

Tony designed them as a central core with riblets, and then film covered to represent the fabric covering of the full size, but I decided to go the easier route and make them from sheet as I was not too bothered about the scale effect.

Yes Tony's prototype model has grey/blue nacelles, maybe it was aesthetic the black looks dramatic but maybe not the best colour scheme for a commercial aeroplane, or they got hold of some cheap paint after the war ??😀

I have been busy making and fitting the 4 nacelles. Tony is not joking when he says in the instructions that they are labour intensive! lots of sanding and shaping to do but they are starting to look good.